Traffic Deaths Fall to Lowest Level Since 1949

By Maureen O'Leary

March 16 - The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that traffic fatalities in 2010 fell to their lowest levels since 1949 despite a significant increase in the number of miles that Americans drove during the year. The number of traffic fatalities fell 3 percent between 2009 and 2010 -- from 33,808 to 32,788.